Dust-pan



(No Model.) I

E. H. WHITNEY.

DUST PAN.

No. 554,848. Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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@MW w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. WVI-IITNEY, OF CAMBRIDGE, ASSIGNOR TO THE DOVER STAMPINGCOMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DUST-PAN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 554,848, dated February18, 1896.

Application filed March 22, 1895. Serial No. 542,755. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. WHITNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dust-Pans,of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to the handle of the dust-pan and the preparationor shaping of the body of the pan to receive it, the whole beingdesigned to provide a stifi and strong construction and organization.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of thedust-pan inverted. Fig. 2 is a viewin elevation looking from the frontof the pan. Fig. 3 is a view in section of a portion of the body of thepan and of the handle. Fig. 4 is a section upon the dotted line ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the handle detached.

The handle A is made from a flat piece of sheet metal, which is given asuitable outline by dies and is thus provided with three arms a a a andwith a tongue a and a hole a, and the blank thus obtained is shaped tothe form represented in the figuresnamely, its edges a a" are broughttogether, the tongue a passed through the hole a and bent backward, asrepresented in Fig. 4., thus securely tying the two edges togetherandthe arms a a 0& are bent to the shape represented in the figures, and sothat the arms a a are adapted to be fastened to the back of the part Bof the body and the arm a to extend over the top of the back and uponthe front side thereof, (see Fig. 3,) where it is riveted to the back.The handle thus formed is hollow and tapering inward from its outer end,and it is cut away between the arms a a, so that no portion of thehandle shall extend below the bottom of the body. The arms are separatedfrom each other by appropriate recesses, and the arms a a diverge fromeach other and have flat sections at their ends which bear against theback of the pan, while the arm a passes over the top and extends downits front.

The attaching rivets which I prefer to use in securing the arms to theback of the body are shown in the figures. This provides a very simpleand strong way of attaching or securing the handle to the pan, and bycutting away the section of the handle between the arms a, a provisionis obtained for the ready heading of the rivet used in attaching the arma to the back, as it permits one part of the heading-tool to be insertedbetween the arms a a.

To enable thin metal to be used for the body, as well as to properlyreinforce the back to receive the handle, I have formed in the back I),by stamping, the ribs 17, which extend from the stiffening-flange b toand into the bottom of the pan; and I also further stiffen it by thereinforcing-rib 19 which not only serves to strengthen the structure,but is also'made sufficiently deep to provide a foot or rest 12 integralwith the rest of the body and upon which it rests when on the floor andwhich acts to maintain it in a level position when so placed.

The handle being hollow and tapering affords means by which it may beattached to a longer or wooden handle, if desired, the supplementalhandle, of course, entering the cavity of the hollow handle.

While I prefer that the edges of the handle be united by one or moretying-tongues of the character specified, as this structure provides avery desirable one in that it is strong and prevents the parts fromseparating either way, yet the union of the edges may be made byoverlapping or in any other of the common ways used by tinsmiths ormetal workers.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- As an improved article ofmanufacture, a dust-pan having in its back the two corrugations orribs 1) separated from each other and extending from the upperstiffening edge or flange 1) into the bottom section of the pan, thestiffening-foot 12 formed by a deep corrugation in the bottom and backof the dust-pan, the ribs or corrugations b and the corrugations 19beingso located at the back as to provide an unobstructed plane or levelsurface for the attachment of the handle, and the handle A having thearm a which extends over the stiifening fiange on the inner side of theback and is riveted by a rivet passing through it and the back and thearms a, a, which diverge from each other and the handle and are rivetedto the back closely to the ribs or corrugations b by rivets extendingthrough outwardly-turned sections of the arms outside the line of thehandle and whereby the said arms andlthe ribs 12', thearin a and thefoot 11 eo-operate to strengthen thebaek and pro- 10 vide stiffnessbetween the body and the handie of the pan, substantially as described.EDWARD II. \VI-II'INEY.

In presenceof- AGNES M; Es'rms, GEO. L. HACKNEY.

